All Posts in Category: Sport

Turning Sochi Into Russia’s Coming Out Party

By Ian Pryde on February 26, 2013 in China, Economy, Japan, Olympics, Russia, Sport

Last weekend marked a year until the end of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. One of the reasons that both the International Olympic Committee and FIFA, the governing body of world football, often award countries the venue for these huge […]

Russia’s Olympic Victory – sign of a world leader?

By Ian Pryde on July 06, 2007 in Economy, International Relations/Geopolitics, Politics, Russia, Sport

Moscow. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Sochi’s successful bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics was instantly celebrated not only as a great victory for Russian sport, but also […]